Spool-holder.



s. P. WILLIAMSON.

SPOOL HOLDER- APPLIOATION TILED 00115.28, 1909.

966,877, Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SARA P. WILLIAMSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPOOL-HOLDER.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SARA P. WILLIAMSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Spool-Holders, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to sewing accessories and more specifically toimprovements in thread-spool racks or holders.

The object of my invention is the provision of a spool holder asmentioned which will be adapted to accommodate or hold a plurality ofspools of thread of different sizes in such a manner that the threadcarried thereon may be readily uncoiled there from.

Another object is the provision of a spool rack so designed that thespools may be readily and quickly arranged therein or removed therefrom;and further a device which will be simple of construction and hence oflow costito manufacture.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

WVith these objects in view my invention consists in a spool holdercharacterized as abovementioned and in certain details of constructionand arrangement of parts all as will be hereinafter fully described andparticularly pointed out in the'appended claim.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specifica tion, and inwhich,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device in its preferred form, aspool in dotted lines being shown arranged therein, and Fig. 2 is adetail perspective.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 indicates an elongate, preferablysubstantially rectangular base member of suitable dimensions. Centrallyarranged upon and upwardly projecting from the upper surface of themember 1, is a plurality of spaced bearing pins or studs 2 formedpreferably integral with said base member, said pins being of suchthickness as to adapt the same to be loosely received in the centrallongitudinally extending perforation usually provided in an ordinarythread-spool. Said pins as seen are of graduated length in order toadapt the same to accommodate spools of various sizes. Rigidly securedby screws 3 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 28, 1909.

Patented Aug. 9, 1910. Serial No. 525,030.

engage perforations 10 formed in the upper end of the latter. By formingsaid standard of a suitable resilient metal it is evident that theengagement of said studs with said perforations or the disengagementthereof therefrom, may be readily and quickly effected by simplyspringing said standard slightly outwardly. The bar 8 as shown, and asabove stated, is of step form, it being so designed in order to adaptthe same to accommodate spools of various heights.

In use, upon releasing the end 7 of the bar 8 and swinging the latterupwardly and outwardly, thread-spools of various sizes may be arrangedupon any or all of the bearing pins 2 in the manner shown in dot-i tedlines in Fig. 1. Upon returning said bar to normalor horizontal positionand securing the same in such position in the manner before described,said spools will be locked against displacement from the pins 2, butwill be free to rotate thereon so as to permit of the ready uncoiling ofthread therefrom. A plurality of slits 11 is preferably provided in oneedge of the base member whereby the free ends of the threads carriedupon the spools arranged in the device, may be secured so as to preventunraveling or uncoiling of the threads from the spools.

While I have shown what I deem to be the preferable form of my device Ido not wish to be limited thereto as there might be various changes madein the details of construction and the arrangement of parts with outdeparting from the spirit of the invention comprehended within the scopeof the appended claim. And although I have designed my device for thespecial purpose of holding thread-spools it may be used for any otherpurpose to which it is applicable.

Having described my invention What I other standard and provided withone 01' claim as new and desire to secure by *Letmore end projectionsadapted to enter said ters Patent is: perforations, substantially asdescribed.

A spool holder comprising a base mem- In testimony whereof I have signedmy 5 ber; aplurality of pins of graduated lengths name to thisspecification in the presence 5 extending upwardly from said base-memoftwo subscribing witnesses.

ber; flexible standards at the ends of said SARA P. VILLIAMSON. base'member, one of said standards being Vitnesses: provided with one ormore perforations near HELEN F. LILLIs,

0 its top; and a stepped bar hinged to the JOSHUA R. H. Porrs.

